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History quiz – Dames, JFK and the house of Gonzaga . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A dirt road in the Alabama Hills of the Eastern Sierra Nevada. The road leads to Mount Whitney and Lone Pine Peak. (Photo by Mimi Ditchie Photography/Getty Images)

My favourite place: California, USA

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Soul singer Sam Cooke recording in the RCA Studios c1959 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jess Rand/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

My history hero: Sam Cooke (1931–64) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Former US president Ronald Reagan and president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on 16 September 1990. (Photo by Wojtek Laski/Getty Images)

Transcending the Cold War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History quiz – songs, space stations and capital cities . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cold War summits . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Maya Angelou was “the ultimate boundary-breaker”, says Naga Munchetty. (Photo by Craig Herndon/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

My history hero: Maya Angelou (1928–2014) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British soldiers arrive to take part in the battle of France, 1940. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Books interview with Daniel Todman: “Everything that happened in 1940 isn’t somehow down to Winston Churchill” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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‘Show me the money!’ A brief history of American spending power

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Lyndon B Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. (Photo by Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images)

My history hero: Lyndon Johnson (1908–73) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1954 advertisement for Cooper's Y-Front. (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A revealing history of underwear

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Benjamin Franklin in London . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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President Ronald Reagan at Durenberger Republican convention rally, 1982. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of Victoria Woodhull addressing a congressional committee on the benefits of women's suffrage, 1871. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The Library The one-woman revolution

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Mario Lanza c1950. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Mario Lanza (1921-59) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.